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I stack 24 pieces of alternating 1095 and 15N20 and forge weld it, next I rotate the billet 90 degrees and draw it out making a bunch of squashed parallel lines. After clean up I cut the billet into 6 pieces, forge weld and draw out the billet, everything is fine up to this point. The final...

Any tips on getting the weld lines to disappear when doing a Ferry flip? I've been using a press but the billet cools down so fast I think I would do better with the little Giant. You can see the problems I'm having with lines between every repeat. ernie

It already had the magnetic chuck and the table. I would like to automate the cranking back and forth but am still trying to figure out how. ernie

I had an old tool grinder that was just too slow and took too much cranking to use as a surface grinder. It occurred to me that it might possible to convert to a belt sander type. I gathered up some scrap laying around the shop and found that it was even easier that I imagined. I had to drill...

I used PBC and was not happy when I got a lumpy bumpy coating. That said the knives came out looking great and I could not detect any visual difference after etching the damascus pattern. Ferric chloride easily reveals hardness differences when I use Rutland furnace cement (for hamon) so I...

Great reading. Thanks for posting. ernie

Mike, I see you make some nice Damascus, stop by if you ever get back east. ernie

Rudy, you are only 3 hours east of me, come on down to my shop and I'll show you how easy it is to make "one day Damascus". ernie

Count me in. I can send a damascus billet. ernie

I have been using the 2 hr clear stuff for about a year. Before that I used the original gorilla glue that takes over night to set. They also sell Gorilla superglue. It works a lot better than standard superglue. Just don't use it for temporary tasks like drilling scales, you can't knock it...

I hope you like them as much as I do. ernie

I will do it again. I have wonderful knives from the last 2 years. ernie

As I recall from the "glue wars" thread first place was a Loctite 2 part instant adhesive. Second place was Gorilla glue. None of the epoxy formulations did well. Wood handles were glued to metal and given harsh treatment like diswashers, freezers, etc then then hammered to see if the wood...

Yes, they will clean your knuckles down to the bone in an instant. It is enough to make me wear gloves!

Here is a video demo I found. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npAL4tyexHM here is the brochure I found: http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebserver?mwsId=66666UuZjcFSLXTtnXT6OXTyEVuQEcuZgVs6EVs6E666666--&fn=CubitronIIBeltsBrochure.pdf I ground off the scale on 3 damascus billets then ground...

I stopped by Bader Co to pick up a few belts, Doug asked me to try out the 3M Cubitron II belts. They are supposed to be better than the original Cubitron belts. Wow .... I won't be buying those orange belts any more. I am really impressed with the cutting speed and how cool the belt runs...

1095 difficult to work with.... now you tell me! I just bought 60 lbs of it for pattern metal forging with 15N20. How will a 50/50 mix be to heat treat? I was using 1084 and 15N20 with great success. ernie

I think the Iron Kiss hammers are fantastic. We had a weekend long demo last year at Ashokan. The hammer will do just about anything and is very adjustable. ernie

I will read and re-read every word. ernie

ouch... it hurts to look at your toe. hope you recover soon. ernie